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Old 04-26-2006, 05:53 AM   #1
titanium_geek
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genesis- computer style


before you read this- which was sent to me by a friend, I KNOW that dos is windows, ok? But yeah.

To get the humour, you might want to check out the original

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>
>And GOD created the word
>
> 1. In the beginning there was the word; and there were two bytes in
> the word; and nothing else existed.
>
> 2. And God separated the One from the Zero; and he saw it was good.
>
> 3. And God said - Let the Data be; And it happened.
>
> 4. And God said - Let the Data go to their proper places.
> And he created floppy disks and hard disks and compact disks.
>
> 5. And God said - Let the computers be so there would be a place to
> put floppy disks and hard disks and compact disks.
> And God created computers and called them hardware.
>
> 6. And there was no Software yet. But God created programs; small and
> big...
> And told them - Go and multiply yourselves and fill all the Memory.
>
> 7. And God said - I will create the Programmer; And the Programmer
> will create new programs and govern over the computers and programs and
> Data.
> And God created the Programmer; and put him at Data Center;
> And God showed the Programmed the Catalog Tree and said
> You can use all the volumes and subvolumes but DO NOT USE Windows
>
> 8. And God said - It is not Good for the programmer to be alone.
> He took a bone from the Programmer's body and created a creature
> that would look up at the Programmer; and admire the Programmer; and
> love the things the Programmer does;
> And God called the creature the User.
> And the Programmer and the User were left under the naked DOS and it
>was Good.
>
> 9. But Bill was smarter than all the other creatures of God.
> And Bill said to the User - Did the God really told you not to run any
> programs? And the User answered - God told us that we can use every
>program and every piece of Data but He told us not to run Windows or we
>will die.
> And Bill said to the User - How can you talk about something you did
>not
> even try.
> At the moment you run Windows you will become equal to the God.You
>will be able to create anything you like bysimple click of your mouse.
> And the User saw that the fruits of the Windows were nicer and easier
>to use. And the User saw that any knowledge was useless - the Windows
>could replace it.
> So the User installed the Windows on his computer; and said to the
> Programmers that it was good.
> So Programmer installed the Windows on his computer.
> And it was good.
>
> 10. And the Programmer immediately started to look for new drivers.
>
> And the God asked him - What are you looking for ?And the Programmer
> answered - I am looking for new drivers because I cannot find them in
>the DOS. And God said - Who told you that you need drivers ?
> Did you run Windows? And the Programmer said - It was Bill who told us
>to !
>
> 11. And God said to Bill - Because of what you did you will be
>hated by all the creatures.
> And the User will always be unhappy with you.
> And you will always sell him Windows.
>
> 12. And God said to the User - Because of what you did the Windows
> will disappoint you and destroy all your Resources; and you will have to
>use
> lousy programs; and you will always rely on the Programmers help.
>
> 13. And God said to the Programmer - Because you listened to the User
>you will never be happy. All your programs will have errors and you will
>have to fix them and fix them to the end of the time.
>
> 14. And God threw them out of the Data Center and locked the door and
> secured it with a password.

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Old 04-26-2006, 06:38 AM   #2
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rofl...quite amusing titanium_geek - good job! :P
 
Old 04-26-2006, 07:41 AM   #3
titanium_geek
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just to clarify- this isn't my writing. It was forwarded to me.

sorry- copypasted.

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Old 04-28-2006, 11:25 AM   #4
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You know, I've been thinking about writting a geek paraphrase of the bible, I think I will start it after I fix my computer. HURRAY 5 YEARS OF LIFE WORK AHEAD!
 
  


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